Mr Bates vs The Post Office

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Notes

1 Crown Prosecution Service, ‘The Code for Crown Prosecutors’ (CPS, 26 October 2018) <https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/code-crown-prosecutors> accessed 14 February 2024.

2 On this, see ongoing work by the Criminal Law Reform Now Network: ‘Criminal Law Reform Now Network’ (Criminal Law Reform Now Network) <http://www.clrnn.co.uk/#:~:text=We%20believe%20that%20it%20is,legal%20representatives%2C%20should%20be%20accredited> accessed 15 February 2024; John Child and Jonathan Rogers, ‘Why the Post Office was able to bring private prosecutions in the Horizon IT scandal’ (The Conversation, 16 January 2024) <https://theconversation.com/why-the-post-office-was-able-to-bring-private-prosecutions-in-the-horizon-it-scandal-220959> accessed 15 February 2024.

3 The Justice Committee, ‘Private prosecutions: safeguards. 4 Strengthening Safeguards’ (UK Parliament Commons Select Committee, Justice Committee, 2 October 2020) <https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmjust/497/49707.htm#_idTextAnchor024> 14 February 2024; Michael Savage, ‘Plans to reform private prosecutions after Post Office Horizon scandal’ The Guardian (London, 13 January 2021) <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/13/plans-to-reform-private-prosecutions-after-post-office-horizon-scandal> accessed 14 February 2024.

4 Ameilia Hill, ‘‘Dangerous path to go down’: four legal experts on the Post Office exoneration bill’ The Guardian (London, 11 January 2024) <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/11/legal-experts-post-office-horizon-exoneration-bill> accessed 14 February 2024.

5 ‘Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry’ <https://www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk/> (Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry) accessed 14 February 2024.